orchestra fall final GSMST

Medieval

450-1450

Renaissance

1450-1600

Baroque

1600-1750

Classical

1750-1820

Romantic

1820-1900

Modern

1900-present

Col Legno

with the wood of the bow

Sul Tasto

play over the finger board

Con Sordino

with mute

Marcato

marked/slightly detached

Tenuto

play note to its full value

Staccato

lightly separated

Slur

smooth and connected, legato

Crescendo

gradually get louder

Decrescendo

gradually get softer

Primitivism

use of barbaric sounding rhythms and dissonance in pieces like Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)

Impressionism

Depicting a "vague picture" in music with use of scales like the whole tone scale as exemplified by Debussy's Engulfed Cathedral.

Expressionism

music written to evoke an emotional response from the listener

Arnold Schoenberg

composer who was part of the New Viennese School and created the 12- tone method of composition

tone method of composition

Matrix

used to determine the pattern of notes used in a piece of music in 12- tone composition

Programmatic music

Music that tells a story or depicts an image

Nationalistic music

Music inspired by traditional dance rhythms, folk tunes, and/or stories from a particular country or region

Art song

The other term for German "Lied"

Classical period music

Generally, music with clear-cut, 4 measure phrases, and clearly marked cadences is a characteristic

Symphony

Classical period composition started with 3 movements and later moved to 4

Sonata

classical period, multi movement composition for soloist and piano or piano alone

Concerto

multi movement composition for soloist accompanied by an orchestra

Oratorio

Classical period composition for vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra that tells a story without actors, sets, or costumes

Concerto grosso

hallmark composition of the Baroque period for a small group of soloists accompanied by orchestra

Modes

scales used for music during the Medieval period Monophony - predominant form of music in the EARLY Medieval period, a single melody line with latin text

Pope Gregory

cataloged chant and made it part of the Medieval Catholic liturgy

Antiphonal

Singing that alternates back and forth between 2 or more groups

Responsorial

Singing that has a vocal soloist alternate with a choir

Estampie

type of Medieval instrumental, secular dance

Organum

any Medieval music that adds a second melodic line to Gregorian Chant

Polyphony

predominant music style of the Renaissanc

2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello

Standard instrumentation for a string quartet

TROUBADORS and TROUVERES

Medieval secular music from/in France was performed by ____ and ____, and their music is the largest surviving body of works.

The difference between Motet and Madrigal is.

Both are Reinaissance polyphonic, but...

Motet - SACRED

Madrigal - SECULAR

typical difference between an oratorio and a cantata is that...

cantata is shorter than an oratorio

Baroque period orchestra is _______ than the Classical period orchestra.

smaller

Madrigal

Renaissance polyphonic, vocal composition that was SECUlAR and often about courtly love

Motet

Renaissance polyphonic, vocal composition that was usually SACRED

Characteristic of 20th century music?

that tonality dissolves

The orchestra in the Romantic Period became _______.

larger

Opera

Has no Spoken dialogue

Baroque suite

multi-movement work comprised of dances